Ariane 6
ActiveArianeGroup (AG)
None
Description
Ariane 6 (unknown variant)
Specifications
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Stages
2 -
Length
63.0 m -
Diameter
5.4 m -
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m -
Launch Mass
― -
Thrust
―
Family
-
Name
Ariane 6 -
Family
― -
Variant
N/A -
Alias
― -
Full Name
Ariane 6
Payload Capacity
-
Launch Cost
― -
Low Earth Orbit
21650.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
11500.0 kg -
Direct Geostationary
5000.0 kg -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
14900.0 kg
ArianeGroup
Commercial
CEO: Christophe Bruneau
AG 2015ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.
Upcoming Spaceflights
Ariane 6 | NEXUS-1
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2027
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Katalyst Space Technologies' robotic space vehicle NEXUS-1 will dock with other satellites to install hardware, reposition spacecraft, and extend mission life, offering a faster, lower-cost alternative to replacement of satellites. NEXUS-1 will begin delivering these services through initial government missions before supporting commercial operators. Initial operations include installing a sensor on a Space Force satellite to detect and identify nearby spacecraft and conducting additional rendezvous and proximity operations to support space domain awareness. Following these missions, NEXUS-1 will transition to commercial servicing operations for communications satellite operators seeking to maintain and upgrade spacecraft already in orbit.
Geostationary OrbitAriane 6 | Galileo L18 (2 x Galileo Second Generation)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2029
Ariane 6 | COMSATBw 2B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-2)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2029
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Second of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military GEO telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitAriane 6 | COMSATBw 1B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-1)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2029
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
First of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military GEO telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitAriane 6 | Galileo L17 (2 x Galileo Second Generation)
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2029
Flight Record
No spaceflights found for .
Falcon 9
NROL-95
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAClassified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
Long March 6A
TJSW-27A & B
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China2 Chinese classified satellites claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Long March 7A
Tianlian 3-01
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaTianlian is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications geostationary satellite series. The TL-3 (Tian Lian 3) satellites are the 3rd generation…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-51
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Starship
Flight 13
Orbital Launch Pad 2 - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3. For the first time, Starship will carry 20 V3 Starlink sa…
